Inspectors to assess safety at three hospitals

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Wishaw General Hospital will be assessed over its mortality ratesNews Group Newspapers Ltd

Scotland Staff

Last updated at 12:01AM, August 28 2013

Patient safety at three major Scottish hospitals is to be assessed by health
inspectors following concerns about above-average mortality rates.

Monklands and Wishaw General Hospitals recorded higher rates than the national
average during the last quarter. Healthcare
Improvement Scotland will investigate both, along with Hairmyres
Hospital in East Kilbride. NHS Lanarkshire said that it would work closely
with the assessment and launch an action plan to make improvements.

Figures published on Tuesday by ISD Scotland show that the hospital
standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) in Scotland has fallen by 11.6 per cent
since the last quarter of 2007. However, the figures